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5 Tiền - Bao Dai
| Issuer | Vietnam, Empire of |
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| Year | 1926-1945 |
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| Weight | 15.39 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device consists of a stylized flaming pearl rendered in high relief, surrounded by radiating flame elements in the Vietnamese imperial tradition. Four large Chinese characters are disposed in cruciform arrangement around the central motif, reading 保大寳鑑 (Bao Dai Bao Chien) in the four cardinal positions. The entire design is contained within a beaded border encircling the field. Two small holes are pierced through the flan at the top and bottom, consistent with the piece's use as a charm or fantasy issue rather than circulating coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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Bảo Đại's reign was managed almost entirely by French colonial administration, and the coins issued under his name were produced not by any Vietnamese authority but by the Paris Mint under Indochinese monetary policy. The "Empire of Vietnam" designation is somewhat nominal for this period — France retained full fiscal control through the Banque de l'Indochine until the Japanese coup of March 1945 abruptly ended French authority in the region.
Production effectively ceased after that coup, making later-date examples from the 1940s considerably scarcer in circulation grades.